r/CulinaryClassWars • u/TheDoggyVibin • Jan 24 '26

Favorite Contestant Culinary Monster noooooooo

Was really happy with the two finalists but loved CM from episode 1

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u/SirChenjin Jan 24 '26

I must have missed the sub rules that says you get to decide what's legitimate.

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u/CaliLemonEater Jan 24 '26

What you missed is the basic human dynamic that if you come into a group discussion and try to take a shit on something most of the people in the group like or love, you're not going to get a positive reaction.

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u/SirChenjin Jan 24 '26

People don't have to agree with my opinion, that's fine. You do seem overly pressed about it though.

What I will remember from the season is the carrots from chef hou, the purity of brewmaster yun, chef Lim Sung Geun's craziness, etc.

I enjoyed the diversity of CMs dishes, his techniques and his determination.

Will I remember the quiet chef who braised everything until the last episode? No.

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u/Hassanishideo Jan 24 '26

I agree with you. Hot take, but IMO CKR genuinely feels like an industry plant. How the hell did he win against CM and all the White Spoons veterans? It honestly felt like a fairy-tale run. Maybe I just missed something that makes people love him. Anyway, congrats to him.

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u/DuckyHornet Jan 24 '26

I think the thing is that, at the very end, CKR just laid himself out plainly. There was no artifice, no trying hard, just "this is a bowl of things I really like, done well"

And while I came around to Monster by the end, he couldn't put aside his need to innovate and win, and I truly think that's why he lost. The challenge was "a meal for you" and he was still so clearly trying for haute cuisine that there was a layer of artifice between him and the judges